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Lyford, Alex; Czekanski, Michael – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2020
Students are typically introduced to probability through calculating simple events like flipping a coin. While these calculations can be done by hand, more complex probabilistic events, both in class and in the real world, require the use of computers. In this paper, we introduce a new tool--an R shiny web app and associated CRAN package based on…
Descriptors: Probability, Games, Simulation, Mathematics Instruction
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Chalikias, Miltiadis; Kossieri, Evangelia; Lalou, Panagiota – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2020
The aim of this paper is to approach the teaching of the Poisson distribution in a friendly and amusing way. It constitutes a common practice to adopt the main probability distributions in order to predict results of sport events and to estimate the win return of betting activities (Chalikias 2009). In particular, by using the Poisson…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Team Sports, Probability, Statistics